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Public capex focus shifts to real outcomes from scale

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November 06, 2025

AI-driven tools and data analytics to help Centre monitor the progress of infra projects

- Rhik Kundu & Subhash Narayan

Public capex focus shifts to real outcomes from scale

The government is emphasizing project execution, transparency and measurable economic outcomes to ensure that investments translate into real gains.

(HT)

India’s policymakers are increasingly shifting focus from expanding the size of public capital expenditure (capex) to improving its quality and impact, including the use of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven tools to monitor progress, two people aware of the matter said.

The government is emphasizing project execution, transparency and measurable economic outcomes to ensure that investments translate into real gains such as durable assets, private-sector participation and productivity improvements rather than mere higher budgetary allocations, the people said. To this extent, greater due diligence and closer scrutiny of projects are now central to improving execution.

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